Psalms 86

1 A Prayer of David. Incline thine ear, Jehovah, answer me; for I am afflicted and needy.

“A prayer of David.” Incline, O Lord, thy ear, answer me; for poor and needy am I.

2 Keep my soul, for I am godly; O thou my God, save thy servant who confideth in thee.

Preserve my soul; for I am pious: help thy servant, O thou my God, that trusteth in thee.

3 Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee do I call all the day.

Be gracious unto me, O Lord; for unto thee I call all the time.

4 Rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, Lord, do I lift up my soul.

Cause to rejoice the soul of thy servant; for unto thee, O Lord, do I lift my soul.

5 For thou, Lord, art good, and ready to forgive, and art of great loving-kindness unto all that call upon thee.

For thou, O Lord, art good and forgiving, and abundant in kindness unto all that call on thee.

6 Give ear, O Jehovah, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

Give ear, O Lord, unto my prayer, and attend to the voice of my supplications.

7 In the day of my distress I will call upon thee, for thou wilt answer me.

On the day of my distress will I call on thee; for thou wilt answer me.

8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, Lord, and there is nothing like unto thy works.

There is none like unto thee among the Gods, O Lord; and there is nothing like thy works.

9 All nations whom thou hast made shall come and worship before thee, O Lord, and shall glorify thy name.

All the nations whom thou hast made shall come and bow themselves down before thee, O Lord; and they shall ascribe honor unto thy name.

10 For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: thou art God, thou alone.

For great art thou, and doing wondrous things: thou art God by thyself alone.

11 Teach me thy way, Jehovah; I will walk in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

Teach me, O Lord, thy way; I will walk firmly in thy truth: unite my heart to fear thy name.

12 I will praise thee, O Lord my God, with my whole heart; and I will glorify thy name for evermore.

I will thank thee, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I will honor thy name for evermore.

13 For great is thy loving-kindness toward me, and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest Sheol. (Sheol h7585)

For thy kindness is great toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the grave of the lower world. (Sheol h7585)

14 O God, the proud are risen against me, and the assembly of the violent seek after my soul, and they have not set thee before them.

O God, the presumptuous are risen up against me, and the assembly of the powerful wicked have sought after my life, and have not set thee before them.

15 But thou, Lord, art a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth.

But thou, O Lord, art God, full of mercy, and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in kindness and truth.

16 Turn toward me, and be gracious unto me; give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thine handmaid.

Oh turn unto me, and be gracious unto me: give thy strength unto thy servant, and save the son of thy handmaid.

17 Shew me a token for good, that they which hate me may see it, and be ashamed; for thou, Jehovah, hast helped me and comforted me.

Display on me a sign for good, that those who hate me may see it, and be ashamed; because thou, Lord, hast helped me, and comforted me.